Battery-supporting mechanism.



I. V. BUGKWALTER.

BATTERY SUPPORTING MECEANISM.

AYPLIOATION FILED um. 20, 1909.

- Patented July 27, 1999.

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BATTERY SUPPORTING, MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED H.120, 1909. I I 3 1 g Patented July 27, 1909. ZEHBBTBr-BHBET 2.

r t" WW3 Fri :3 o ten) TRACY V. BUQKWALTER, OF AL'ltPUNA, PENNSYLVANIA.

EA'ETEE Y-EUPPORTING E-iEGHikNISM.

NO ozone.

.hpplieation filed January 2o,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909. was. Serial lfi'o. 4273,2 25,

State of Pennsyli'm:ia have invented -ertrio Improvements in llittteryghlflpporting .l lcr'henisni. Y

My invention 18 :1 lnittery supporting ll? llHlSln comprising 2i cradle provided \i'li'h an elastic three point. rocking suspen sion the purpose of protecting batteries by the absorption of vibrations, jars and the of sudden or irregular movements,

trucks and cars carcolorly of vehicles, I mg such batteries.

t contemplated use of my improvements is in connection with baggage trucks driven by motors operated by storage batteries the mechanism which There cmi batteries are cushioned ancl hall 1 i v what vibrations, and irregular movements communicated to .thB'iYUCl'IS are absorb-ed or neutralized.

In the showings representing; my improvements, Figure l is 21 plan View representing battery having a casing suspended from three points ole truck frame; Fi e 2 is a sectional side elevation of the some; l ig. 3 is an elevation of one cncl oft-he constrno tion; and Fig is, an elevation of the other endflthereoili As illustrated, the frame for holding the helztery comprises the long tudinal channel here 1 fixed to the Under side of the truck platform 1, the dOWHH Zlitlly bent cross bar 2 disposed between fiz-recl to the bars 1, anti. the struts 3 fixed to the bars 1. The a r 2 is uitablyol angle iron with o {i Q flange 2 cont! 1g 1 are suitably oi angle horizoritlilly disposed which aroholes 3. The erelie holtling the battery 4} comprises the rigid tengular frame members 5 haw-- ing the projections or lugs 5 extending in parallel. (llTQQilODS from the upper corners thereof, and connecting twosnnilarly disposed projections of the parallel frame members is a downwardly beht, cross bar 5*. Within the frame members 5 is the battery casingor crate 5 having doors 5, the latter being carried by the hinges 5 and held closed by the latches 5. Bolts 6 pass through the holes 9) and 3" of the parts 2 and 3 which engiige the bolt heads, and through similar holes in the parts 5' and 5",

the sewrnl holes being made larger than the bolt shanks so that. the bolts are free to oscillate universally. \Vashers or disks 7 are sleeved on the bolts (3 to afford bearings for the ports 3 and 5" and on the bolts beneath the washers are pla -ed the coiled springs which are supported by the washers or dis 5 9 and nuts 10. hangers, thus provided by the bolts and springs, have three points of support and three points of engagement with the crarlle or frame containing the battery above the eter'c gravity of the-frame and of the l'mttery, and permit free lateral oscillation and vertical i'i'vvenient, While neutralizing vibratory 21ml twisting movements in the truck frame and preventing them from being communicated to the battery frame and the battery.

Having described my invention, I clnin'i:

'1. In battery siipporting mechanism, the

:' combination of n frame for holding the battery, with elastic bangers having three points of connection with said frame above the center of gravity thereof.

2-. In battery supporting mechanism, the combination of a battery holding frame having rigid rectangular members, elastic memberg, means for supporting said elastic members so as to permit them to oscillate, anll means whereby saifi frame members are connected with seicl elastic members at vpoints above the center of gravity of saitl frame.

In battery supporting mechanism, the combination of parallel frame members, a cross bar connecting said men'ihers, a bolt passing through said cross bar, bolts passing through of the l""l')%'l'r frame members zilioresziicl, springs su jiported; by the respective bolts and supporting the parts through which said bolts pass and a frame tor s11 mortin said bolts. soirl bolt-s hovin L :1 H

rocking connections with said frame last named. v v

4.1n battery supporting mechamsm, a,

pair of parallel bars, a cross bar extendingbetween said parallel bars, a tension member having a rocking connection with said cross bar, a tension member having a rocking connect-ion with each of said parallel bars, a. battery frame, and means comprising a coiled spring for connecting each of said tension members with said battery frame,

5. ln a battery supporting mechanism, a. pair of parallel rectangular members,n cross bar connecting said members, a, pair of boltn 'lh'e threo elastic or resilient coiireeied with corresponding corners of last named and the bolt supported by the es" members, a bolt connected with said cross bar first named, and springs respec- Cross new, springs through. which said memtively connecting two corners of said cradle bars est on said bolts, and supporting meek (opposite corners connected by its eross bar) I; anism with which said bolts have oscillating with bolts supported by said longitudinal 2'9 connections. bars. 6. in e battery supporting mechanism, a In witness whereof} have hereunto setimick frame having longitudinal bars and my name this sixteenth day of January, :1 downwardly hem cross her, bolts sup- A. D. 1909, in the presence of the subserib-. 1e ported by and adapted to oseiiiaterelatively ing witnesses. i

' 'to l ke respective bars, 1i cradle comprising n T K W L parallel Heme members, adownwardiy'bent RAGY BUC cross bar connecting corners of said frame -ivlenessesz members in the plane of said. cross bar first ROBERT JAMES EAImEY,

15 named, ,espi'ing connecting said cross bar J05, DENNY, Jr. 

